The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-27
NUMBER 39.

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 Then the boys began to see ahead little, and somehow they felt ''queer, and Will said, going out:
 'Tom, mammals too much for us this time!''
 MT. Wood waited upon the boys with pleasure, and thought nothing strange when they boughtth gingham-though the boys themselves hardly knew ging- ham from calico, only, as Tom said, "gingham turns, you know, and as Hannah's apron was fine check, they knew what to ask for.
 But when they asked for thlmoles' and had to fit their own fingers, MT. Wood said: Well. now, you must be industrious boys, must say; there isn't a boy in ten knows how to sew; but it's good thing to know, and your mother must be very sensible woman to set you at it"
 Dear! how their faces tingled! and very glad were they to escape into the street.
 'Ifn get all over the place, Tom"
 'Of course, Will, and I'd rather have ten talkings from mamma, and some of papa's whippings than that"
 "Now, boys" said Mrs. Lathbury. upon their return, 'I hope you have made good purchase. Yes, indeed. she said, as she unrolled the parcel, 'syou have done nicely. Now, l will furnish you with the needles and thread, as fear you have not much left over, and give you your first lesson in sewing"
 Not a word more-nothing like '1 am grieved to learn my boys have done an unkindness"- no, nothing like that: in fact no ''talk" of any kind, but just two yards and half of ging- ham to each boy, a needle, thread the fitting of thimbles, and all was ready.
 At first it required some patience to teach the boys how to handle their work properly, and how to pull the needle through without getting 1t un- threaded, but Mrs. Lathbury perse- vered, and finally the boys were left to themselves, and their mother resumed her reading.
 For time the novelty of it pleased Will, who always saw the 'fun, in any thing at once, and he said to Tom:
 Mammals put the check on us this time"
 But Tom did not feel like punning, and he answered, gruffiy:
 "Keep still. Will; feel as clumsy as a bear with a needle"
 "No quarreling, boys, or you will have to take out all you have done. :"
 That was the only stern thing their mother said.
 Oh, what a lesson in patience was that for boys, and how tiresone it grew after httlel
 So hard to keep from quarreling when the thread ''kinked up" and so many other things happened.
 At last Mrs. Lathbury said: "You may put up your work now, boys; it is nearly time for supper, and after sup per, as you have your lessons to get, there will be no time for sewing, but tomorrow when you come from school you may take it up again, and so on every day until the aprons are finished
 ''Well, my dears," said papa at the supper table, 'Ipresume you have been good boys to-day, as usual"
 Will looked at Tom, Tom looked at Will, and both looked at mamma Mamma said nothing, and Mir. Lath- bury went on:
 "By the way, Jeanette, you wished to see me to-day; what was it about, my dear?'
 Then mamma had not told, after all. Wasn't she lovely?" "Oh, never mind, Richard; at the time I needed your help very much, but afterward I found could do with out it.
 Then Will winked at Tom as much as to say she had, but papa caught the wink, and then it all had to come out
 Thomas! Williaml am ashamed of youI however, shall let your mother follow up her treatment this time, but if necessary she may call on me to fin- ish it"
 The rest of the meal was passed in silence. But when they were all going up stairs again the boys heard papa ' say: "Jeannette, you are a wonderful { little woman" ''Oh, Richardi did the best 1 could without you," and that was all that mamma said, but the boys wondered why she looked so happy after that, when they knew they had done nothing l to make her glad. It would take too long to tell what , happened every afternoon while the boys worked on their aprons, for as the days were short, and it so soon grew dark, they were working at them t long, long time
 Hannah forgave them before the , third day. but Mrs. Lathbury remained 7 firm.
 They lost ''lots of fun," were ''mor- tified to death" when the different boys : and girls came in to ask them out to
 play, and found them sewing on , 'gingham aprons" but they did a t great deal of thinking; and by the time
 the aprons were finished papa found it r would "not be necessary to follow their 3 mammals treatment. |" g Of course " it got all over the place,